https://www.sgn.org en-us 2026 Seattle Gay News 9/9/2026 EST https://www.sgn.org/rss https://www.sgn.org/story/160014/ https://www.sgn.org/story/160014/ Edward Juvier, a Texas-born Cuban American, has spent nearly two decades captivating audiences nationwide with his versatility, charisma, and dedication to acting. From his early days in Les Misérables to his current role as Osgood in the national tour of Some Like It Hot, Juvier’s journey is a testament to his passion for storytelling and his ability to connect with audiences on a profound level. Thu Nov 06 2025 15:48:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/160004/ https://www.sgn.org/story/160004/ s fall rolls on and the sun sets earlier in the day, the darkness and clouds can get to Seattleites. Thankfully Diwali is here to light up the room and brighten everyone’s spirits. This year’s festival, celebrated on October 18 in the Armory at Seattle Center, featured cultural dancing and art, hands-on activities, and free food for anyone stopping by. Diwali is a traditional Indian festival that symbolizes the triumph of good over evil, or light over darkness. Generally taking place in October or Novemb Thu Nov 06 2025 10:22:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159846/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159846/ The players have had enough. After enduring a season chock-full of injuries and toxic discourse, those who keep the WNBA’s engine running are mostly in agreement that they aren’t paid enough. Caitlin Clark, the league’s biggest superstar, made just $78,066 this year from the league. The average programmer has an annual salary of $99,700. Stephen Curry, Clark’s closest NBA equivalent, makes $59 million per year. This very obvious, gender-based discrepancy no longer can be brushed aside as a difference in po Sun Nov 02 2025 14:53:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159845/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159845/ Isabel Mata is a Queer Jewish woman who, over the course of her career, has worn many professional hats: cosmetics marketer, creative consultant, mindfulness teacher, photographer, writer, and even (former) SGN staff writer, known for the column “Ask Izzy.” Mata now lives in Lynnwood with her husband and three cats, and over the past year she has grown more and more frustrated with the decisions being made at Lynnwood City Hall. With incumbent City Councilmember Patrick Decker not seeking reelection, Mat Sun Nov 02 2025 14:33:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159844/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159844/ I first met Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr in September 2024, when she was the featured speaker at the Victory Fund’s “Victory in Pacific Northwest” event in Seattle, long after she rose to national prominence. And while I take no credit for her success and achievements, I was struck how one high school in Bellevue, Washington, helped put two openly Trans women on a trajectory toward leadership in the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2022, Zephyr became the first openly Transgender woman elected to the Montana legi Sun Nov 02 2025 13:55:35 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159843/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159843/ On Saturday, October 18, in front of the Space Needle, Rep. Pramila Jayapal addressed a crowd extending for nearly a mile. She began her speech with a quote by a well-known Founding Father:  “At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of a government they were establishing — a monarchy or a republic — to which he famously answered, ‘A republic — if you can keep it,’” Jayapal began. “Well, Seattle, we are at that ‘if you can keep it’ moment.” Sun Nov 02 2025 13:49:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159842/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159842/ As the number of Lime bikes and scooters grows, so do concerns about their speed and safety on Capitol Hill sidewalks, according to discussion at this month’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Council meeting with Seattle Department of Transportation representatives on Wednesday, October 8. “We have been getting complaints for as long as we have had scooters,” said Becky Edmonds, SDOT’s shared mobility program manager. Sun Nov 02 2025 13:26:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159841/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159841/ The White House’s recent memorandum, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” represents a dangerous expansion of state power that threatens Trans people and organizations. The memo frames “extremism” as views or actions that conflict with “traditional American” values, including those about family, religion, and morality — explicitly naming “extremism on … gender” and hostility toward those who deviate from “traditional” views. The memo also expands the definition of “domestic ter Sun Nov 02 2025 13:02:33 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159840/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159840/ The intersections between queerness and other identities, such as race and immigration status, have long been left out public conversations, until very recently. But in the 1990s, a group of local LGBTQIA+ Latin activists, seeing the need for culturally informed services and advocacy during the HIV/AIDS epidemic, formed what would eventually come to be known as Entre Hermanos. Sun Nov 02 2025 11:58:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159712/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159712/ When Chinese medical student Li Shiu Tong met Magnus Hirschfeld in Shanghai during Hirschfeld’s 1931 world tour, their relationship — in which Li accompanied and cared for the famed sexologist across continents and the final years of his life — fell quickly into place. Li attended St. John’s University, which ran classes in English and prepared students for life in the international sphere. Growing up in a wealthy family with a banker father who supported his academic pursuits, he had ambitions to study abr Wed Oct 29 2025 11:58:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159515/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159515/ Bruce Harrell was irritated when we asked if he was a moderate. Not one of those quiet irritations born of our pet peeves though, like when your friend corrects your grammar or your roommate forgets their weekly chores. No, this felt like it had something to prove... Wed Oct 29 2025 10:32:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159659/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159659/ They say that it’s better to have loved someone dearly, accepting the heartbreak of inevitably losing them, than to have never loved at all. Our close connections to each other and the world around us, no matter how much they’ll hurt in the future, make us human in the present... Tue Oct 28 2025 13:20:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159652/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159652/ Arthur Oakes was just being a nice guy. He never intended to get involved with the Nighswander family, but he did something kind while visiting his mother in prison, it backfired spectacularly, and his goodness led to blackmail. The Nighswanders gave him an option: steal valuable rare books from the college library where he worked — something that hurt Arthur to his very core — and hand them over. If he refused, they’d kill his mother.  Tue Oct 28 2025 11:59:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159648/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159648/ The air feels a little bit different this time of year. Cooler, for sure, but also darker. Heavier, like someone hanging over your shoulder, breathing right in your left ear. Like maybe it’s Halloween, and you need to get in the mood with these four great books… Tue Oct 28 2025 09:45:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159647/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159647/ Imagine your favorite kind of candy. Now imagine bunches of it landing in your Halloween basket. Or: think about how fun it would be to have one of these great books as a trick-or-treat treat… The littlest goblins in your haunted house will love reading Pumpkin Dad by Pascal Lemaître (Viking, $10.99). Ellis is full of magic tricks this Halloween, but her dad isn’t a slouch in that department. While she’s hocus-pocusing away, he decides to play a trick on her, one that scares Ellis a lot. This book is qui Tue Oct 28 2025 09:36:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159513/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159513/ The opening weekend audiences at McCaw Hall were delighted by a gang of very polite pirates who brought a new wave of classical shenanigans to Seattle Opera. With first-class singers and brilliant staging, this English-language comedy about a pirate’s apprentice is the perfect blend of humor and song. Gilbert and Sullivan called their works “comic operas” for a good reason: you laugh all the way through, even as the orchestra and singers produce music as beautiful as the operettas of Offenbach or the waltze Thu Oct 23 2025 11:02:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159510/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159510/ Gaymer Magazine is an online publication that since 2019 has prided itself as a leading hub for LGBTQ+ geek culture. Whether it be video games, comics, anime, or just general Queer fandom, the magazine over the past six years has meticulously built a platform branching into online communities that historically been slow to accept greater diversity and inclusion of marginalized perspectives. Thu Oct 23 2025 10:18:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159484/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159484/ On a seemingly normal day in Brooklyn, club owner and DJ Dre (Katy O'Brian) is floundering. She’s desperate to find a replacement when her latest show’s headliner, international drag superstar Jasmine (Dominique Jackson), cancels at the last minute. Meanwhile, across town in a downtown hospital ER, Dre’s nurse wife Lizzy (Riki Lindhome) is trading barbs with best friend Sam (Jaquel Spivey) — a former drag sensation who ended their career under mysterious circumstances — while caring for Trans patient Jane.. Wed Oct 22 2025 14:11:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159482/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159482/ Tina Romero didn’t want to make a zombie movie. While her father, George A. Romero, didn’t invent the zombie picture, he certainly codified it into the mainstream of genre cinema with his groundbreaking 1968 underground classic Night of the Living Dead, so it’s understandable his daughter wouldn’t necessarily want to follow in those footsteps, especially in her feature-length debut... Wed Oct 22 2025 13:32:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) https://www.sgn.org/story/159481/ https://www.sgn.org/story/159481/ Seattle’s holiday spirit is about to get a shimmering makeover as A Drag Queen Christmas returns for its 11th spectacular year. On Wednesday, December 3, McCaw Hall will be transformed into a stage of glamour and laughter... Wed Oct 22 2025 13:20:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)